How to Use comet in a Sentence
comet
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Here's what to know about the comets.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 21 Oct. 2025
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What new comet shines in the night sky?
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 7 Oct. 2025
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And when the comet is this close, there just isn't time for that.
—Holly Thomas, CNN, 29 Dec. 2021
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The comet will pose no threat to our planet.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 16 Feb. 2026
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That’s so close that the comet may appear brighter than the stars.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 11 Jan. 2025
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This isn't the first time a spacecraft has swung through the wake of a comet.
—Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 2 June 2020
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The comet will be too distant for a real close-up look.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Short-period comets don’t get all that far out from the sun.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2025
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Tap the comet on your screen to help your phone focus on the object.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 22 Oct. 2025
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The solar system has one less comet.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 7 Apr. 2026
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Most comet movies don’t do that; the asteroid is stopped.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 9 Jan. 2026
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The shooting stars are bits of rocks, ice, and debris from the comet.
—chicagotribune.com, 21 Nov. 2019
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Bright planets, stars and even a comet may appear if the skies are clear.
—Katherine Rodeghier, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2024
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Here's what the telescope observed about the comet's tail.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
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This month, learn about comets and meteors.
—Dean Regas, Cincinnati Enquirer, 27 Feb. 2026
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Two comets will light up the skies this October.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
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For the best chance to view the comet, head to a dark place, away from light pollution.
—Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 9 July 2026
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The stone, a little white-hot comet, flew in a tight, mean line across the expanse.
—Chang-Rae Lee, New Yorker, 3 May 2026
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When a comet near the sun, its dust and ice begins to vaporize.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 20 Dec. 2024
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Astronomers caught a comet in the act of reversing its spin.
—Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2026
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And that comet that strayed into our turf from another star?
—Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2025
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Meech called it a Manx comet, after a breed of cat without a tail.
—Byeric Hand, science.org, 5 Oct. 2022
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Having two visible comets in the sky at the same time is quite the treat!
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
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Last year, the chemical was observed in the dead, icy spray of a comet.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 18 Apr. 2025
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The comet has a tail made up of dust and ice,which is typical of comets that pass by the sun.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2024
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Looking for a telescope to see planets and comets?
—Space.com Staff, Space.com, 30 Aug. 2025
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The comet should appear for a couple of hours in the east, where the sun rises.
—Jorge Garay, WIRED, 13 Sep. 2024
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The dust reflects light, thus boosting the brightness of the comet.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 31 Oct. 2025
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During the beginning of the week, the comet will be too close to the sun to see.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2025
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The same might be said of the vibrant green comet that is believed to have broken apart.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 23 Apr. 2025
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